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(Auction)Op Art Options at Rachel Davis
Julian Stanczak (b. 1928), Black Daisy, 1969, acrylic on canvas, 341/2" x 28", $44,250. See the story for more information about Stanczak.Buckminster Fuller (1895-1983), Jitterbug, aluminum sculpture, 81/2" high, signed, edition of 150, very good condition, $3422.Aaron H. Gorson (1872-1933), Steel Mills on a River, signed "A.H. Gorson" lower right, ... (Read More)
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(Auction)More Questions Than Answers
Relief carving of the goddess Minerva by Bozanico, inscribed on the reverse, Continental, under glass, 193/4" x 151/2", $58,750.The Birds of America: From Drawings Made in the United States and Their Territories by John James Audubon (1785-1851), seven-volume set, New York and Philadelphia, Roe Lockwood & Son, 1860, royal octavo, ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art
Approaching the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, visitors immediately perceive the unity of art, architecture, and nature. At the center of the circle stands Yield, a 2011 sculpture of polished stainless steel by Roxy Paine (b. 1966). At its base grow native Arkansas blue stem grasses.The curving concrete walls ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Letter from London
by Ian McKay, [email protected] emperor Qianlong is said to have been very taken with this form of Buddhist alms bowl when visiting a temple at Jiannan in 1758 (on one of his "Southern Grand Tours") and to have subsequently requested, or perhaps ordered, that examples of such bowls be carved ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Crowell Standing Redhead Drake Highlights Sale
An important full-size standing redhead drake by A. Elmer Crowell (1862-1952) of East Harwich, Massachusetts, sold for $241,500 (est. $140,000/160,000) to a buyer in the South. "It's a beautiful piece of art," stated one collector. It had near-mint original paint and very fine detail and had Crowell's oval brand on ... (Read More)
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(Feature)The World of Duncan Phyfe
by Lita Solis-CohenStuart Feld of Hirschl & Adler Galleries imparted his passion for the furniture of Duncan Phyfe to his daughter, Elizabeth, and together they have put together a selling exhibition, The World of Duncan Phyfe, at their stunning new galleries on the fourth floor of the Crown Building at ... (Read More)
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(Feature)December Jewelry Auctions
Platinum and diamond ring. It has one octagonal step-cut diamond of approximately 10.56 carats and two baguette-cut diamonds of approximately 0.30 carat total and it weighs 3.50 dwt. The ring was accompanied by a GIA diamond grading certificate stating, "color: G, clarity: VS2, polish: good, symmetry: fair, fluorescence: none." Drawing ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Bidders Go for "Safe Bets"
Arizona Twilight by Dale Nichols (1904-1995), a 30" x 40" oil on canvas, brought $72,000 (est. $30,000/50,000). Shannon's had previously sold it for $50,400 in October 2007.Greenwood Lake, a 12" x 20" oil on canvas painted in 1873 by Jasper Francis Cropsey (1823-1900), was the sale's top lot at $252,000 ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Dara Mitchell Leaves Sotheby's after 26 Years
by Lita Solis-CohenIn June 2011, Dara Mitchell, head of Sotheby's American art department and one of eight executive vice presidents of Sotheby's North and South America, decided to retire by the end of 2011. Her children, ages 18 and 22, are out of the house. It is not that she ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Editorial: Sign of the Times
During Memorial Day weekend 2011, Cincinnati, Ohio, landlord Jamie Hein banned a young African-American girl who was visiting her father from swimming in the pool at the duplex Hein owns. According to a complaint filed with the Ohio Civil Rights Commission (OCRC), Hein claimed that the girl used chemicals in ... (Read More)
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